This is a transcript-from-memory (what I wish I’d said) of the talk I just gave at EuroPython 2010, for which I owe a debt of gratitude to Richard Jones for his last-minute moral support while wrestling with projectors and refresh Continue reading
I’ve been loving the two days of tutorials preceding the EuroPython conference. This morning I attended Richard Jones‘ splendid Introduction to Game Programming. It was an absolute pleasure to be walked through the creation of an example game like this, Continue reading
Use Python? You should be using Pip. A replacement for easy_install, that supports uninstalling and plays nice with virtualenv. An apt-get for Python packages, if you will. It has a marvellous undocumented feature. Set the environment variable PIP_DOWNLOAD_CACHE to prevent Continue reading
Dear Julio, Many thanks for considering me for this opportunity. I feel as though my skills are a good match for the position, and would like you to consider my application. I feel as though this is the start of Continue reading
A reminder for myself: ANSI escape characters don’t work properly in Windows terminals: To make them work properly, use AnsiCon. Unzip it somewhere permanent (eg. %ProgramFiles%\ansicon) and install it with: ansicon.exe -i start a new terminal, and lo: Fine tune Continue reading